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Well-Being & Support: Recommended Readings by the Center for Wellness Promotion

This guide lists publications recommended by the Law Center's Center for Wellness Promotion to promote well-being within our community.

Gallery of All Recommended Titles by GULC Supportive Services

9 Things Successful People Do Differently

Recommended by Faculty & Staff Assistance Program

The Anxious Lawyer: An 8-Week Guide to a Joyful and Satisfying Law Practice Through Mindfulness and Meditation

Recommended by Center for Wellness Promotion

Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around: Forty Years of Movement Buidling with Barbara Smith

Recommended by Campus Ministry

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The Art of Setting Smart Goals: Set Winning Goals and Live a Life of Abundance, Success and Acheivement

Recommended by Faculty & Staff Assistance Program

Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship

Recommended by Campus Ministry

Becoming a Joyful Lawyer

Recommended by Center for Wellness Promotion

Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace

Recommended by Center for Wellness Promotion

Beyond Smart: The Lawyering with Emotional Intelligence

Recommended by Center for Wellness Promotion

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Big Potential: How Transforming the Pursuit of Sucess Raises Our Achievement, Happiness, and Well-Being

Recommended by Faculty & Staff Assistance Program

The Blood of Emmett Till

Recommended by Campus Ministry

The Book of Jewish Values: A Day-by-Day Guide to Ethical Living

Recommended by Campus Ministry

Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness

Recommended by Campus Ministry

The Book of Mistakes: 9 Secrets to Creating a Successful Future

Recommended by Faculty & Staff Assistance Program

The Caesar of Paris: Napolean Bonaparte, Rome, and the Artistic Obsession That Shaped an Empire

Recommended by Campus Ministry

Creating Your Best Life: The Ultimate Life List Guide

Recommended by Faculty & Staff Assistance Program

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

Recommended by Campus Ministry

Cry, the Beloved Country

Recommended by Campus Ministry

The Desire Map: A Guide to Creating Goals with Soul

Recommended by Faculty & Staff Assistance Program

Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations

Recommended by Campus Ministry

Dreams of My Russian Summers

Recommended by Campus Ministry

Driven to Distraction

Recommended by Center for Wellness Promotion

Emotional Intelligence

Recommended by Center for Wellness Promotion

Every Kid's Guide to Goals: How to Choose, Set, and Achieve Goals That Matter to You

Recommended by Faculty & Staff Assistance Program

Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

Recommended by Faculty & Staff Assistance Program

The First Jesuits

Recommended by Campus Ministry

Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness

Recommended by Campus Ministry

Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World, 1914-1948

Recommended by Campus Ministry

Goal Getter (a Productivity Journal)

Recommended by Faculty & Staff Assistance Program

Goal Setting for Students: A Success Tool for the Classrom and for Life

Recommended by Faculty & Staff Assistance Program

The Great Partnership: Science, Religion and the Search for Meaning

Recommended by Campus Ministry

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perserverance

Recommended by Faculty & Staff Assistance Program

The Happy Lawyer: Making a Good Life in the Law

Recommended by Center for Wellness Promotion

Hard Goals : the Secret to Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

Recommended by Faculty & Staff Assistance Program

Recommended by Campus Ministry

The Hidden Stresses of Law School and Law Practice: Applying the New Science for a Fulfilling Life and Career

Recommended by Center for Wellness Promotion

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Recommended by Faculty & Staff Assistance Program

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Recommended by Campus Ministry

Insecurity of Freedom

Recommended by Campus Ministry

Jewish Literacy

Recommended by Campus Ministry

Journey into the Whirlwind

Recommended by Campus Ministry

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Recommended by Campus Ministry

The Mindful Workplace: Developing Resilient Individuals and Resonant Organization with MBSR

Recommended by Center for Wellness Promotion

Mindfulness for Beginners Reclaiming the Present Momen--And Your Life

Recommended by Campus Ministry

Mindfulness for Law Students: Using the Power of Mindful Awareness to Achieve Balance and Success in Law School

Recommended by Center for Wellness Promotion

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

Recommended by Faculty & Staff Assistance Program

Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence

Recommended by Campus Ministry

Pacing for Growth: Why Intelligent Restraint is Key for Long-Term Sucess

Recommended by Center for Wellness Promotion

The Patience Stone: Sang-e Saboor

Recommended by Campus Ministry

The Power of Positive Thinking

Recommended by Faculty & Staff Assistance Program

Present Perfect: A Mindful Approach to Letting Go of Perfectionism & the Need for Control

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Radical Dharma : Talking Race, Love, and Liberation

Recommended by Campus Ministry

Reimagining the Ignatian Examen: Fresh ways to Pray from Your Day

Recommended by Campus Ministry

Roadmap: The Law Student's Guide to Preparing and Implementing a Successful Plan for Meaningful Employment

Recommended by Center for Wellness Promotion

Recommended by Campus Ministry

Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America's Journey from Slavery to Segregation

Recommended by Campus Ministry

Sisters in the Wilderness: The Challenge of Womanist God-Talk

Recommended by Campus Ministry

Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God

Recommended by Campus Ministry

Start Here: Master the Lifelong Habit of Wellbeing

Recommended by Center for Wellness Promotion

Talking from 9 To 5: How Women's and Men's Conversational Styles Affect Who Gets Heard, Who Gets Credit and What Gets Done at Work

Recommended by Center for Wellness Promotion

Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

Recommended by Campus Ministry

The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers

Recommended by Faculty & Staff Assistance Program

Transforming Practices: Finding Joy and Satisfaction in the Legal Life

Recommended by Center for Wellness Promotion

The Upside of Stress: Why Stress is Good for You, and How to Get Good At It

Recommended by Faculty & Staff Assistance Program

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migraion

Recommended by Campus Ministry

Wellbeing: the Five Essential Elements

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What Are We Doing Here? Essays

Recommended by Campus Ministry

When Perfect Isn't Good Enough: Strategies for Coping with Perfectionism

Recommended by Faculty & Staff Assistance Program

Why Bother Praying?

Recommended by Campus Ministry

The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology

Recommended by Center for Wellness Promotion

Women Don't Ask: The High Cost of Avoiding Negotiation--and Positive Strategies for Change

Recommended by Center for Wellness Promotion

Words That Hurt, Words That Heal: How the Words You Choos Shape Your Destiny

Recommended by Campus Ministry

You Goal, Girl!

Recommended by Faculty & Staff Assistance Program

Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals

Recommended by Faculty & Staff Assistance Program